#231---WAS @ ARI, 5/12/2018

 

Troy Scribner needed 98 pitches to get through 3 2/3 innings, while Stephen Strasburg needed 108 pitches to get through 6 2/3 innings. All three runs scored off the starters, with Strasburg not surprisingly having the upper hand, fanning nine and walking one.

#230---KC @ CLE, 8/27/2017

 

This was the Indians’ fourth-straight win in a skein that would eventually reach 22. All of twelve runs were scored in Cleveland’s first two times at bat, including the nine-run second which came all on home runs – first a two-run shot from Francisco Lindor, then a three-run blast from Carlos Santana, and capped by a grand slam from Yan Gomes. Every Cleveland starter had a hit except Edwin Encarnacion (he had a walk, and Roberto Perez singled while pinch-hitting for him in the eighth). On the pitching side, Carlos Carrasco needed just 83 pitches to go seven shutout innings with eight K and no walks.

This game capped a three-game weekend sweep; Kansas City entered six games behind Cleveland and left nine games behind.

#229---CLE @ BOS, 5/22/2016

 

In David Ortiz’ last big league season, he had a huge game against the Indians, reaching all five times including two doubles and his 514th career homer. Cleveland would gets its revenge in October.

#228---NYA @ TOR, 9/23/2015

 

Toronto extended their AL East lead to 3.5 with ten to play by scoring four runs, all with two outs, in the sixth and seventh. Russell Martin’s three-run shot off Andrew Bailey was the big blow, supporting Marcus Stroman’s seven shutout innings.